Subgenre Sampler
Shakespeare: 126 Films to Buy & Rent
- Discovering Hamlet (1990)
- Dir. Mark Olshaker
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart
- Invaluable documenting of Derek Jacobi's 1988 production of Hamlet with a young Kenneth Branagh in the lead. Focussing solely on the rehearsal…
- Hamlet (1990)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates…
- Mel Gibson pulls off a creditable lead performance as the melancholy Dane, certainly aided by the director's eye for detail, and top supporting…
- Henry IV (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Michael Cronin, Barry Stanton, Michael Pennington…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of Henry IV tells of the aftermath of Henry…
- Henry V (1989)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed…
- A remarkable achievement from Kenneth Branagh both as actor and first–time director, he brings a new vitality to Shakespeare's most energetic…
- Henry V (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Barry Stanton, Michael Pennington, Andrew Jarvis…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of Henry V – England's greatest warrior king…
- Henry VI (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Barry Stanton, Michael Pennington, June Watson…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of Henry VI – the tragic history of a king who…
- King Richard II (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Colin Farrell, Michael Pennington, Michael Cronin…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of King Richard II – who became England's…
- King Richard III (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Michael Pennington, Roger Booth, June Watson…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of King Richard III. The final installment of the…
- Twelfth Night (1988)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Richard Briers, Caroline Langrishe
- Kenneth Branagh restages his Renaissance Theatre production of the popular comedy for Thames Television with a top cast of English thespians.
- Ran (1985)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
- The title translates to 'chaos'; it is Kurosawa's vast and bloody interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear. Grandiose in every sense – a…